Small hanging basket for beach umbrellas



Dec. 3, 1968 R. GUERRI ET 3,414,133

SMALL HANGING BASKET FOR BEACH UMBRELLAS Filed Aug. 30, 1966 F/ C. 2INVENTORS 14 0i! MIA/005V GUEQE/ aw! mu 1" ATTORNEY? United StatesPatent 3,414,133 SMALL HANGING BASKET FOR BEACH UMBRELLAS Rosa InnocentiGuerri, Via Arrigo Boito 23, Florence, Italy, and Lucio Abbiati, Via A.Alciati 5, Milan, Italy Filed Aug. 30, 1966, Ser. No. 576,107 Claimspriority, applicagigg Italy, Sept. 23, 1965,

3 Claims. (or. 211-133) ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE The present inventionrelates to a small hanging basket attachable to the shaft or handle oflarge umbrellas of any kind, beach umbrellas, garden or terraceumbrellas, and umbrellas for bars and the like.

The small basket intended to be covered with Letters Patent has thefollowing features: it has one or more concavities for containing usualobjects, or appropriate seatings for containing bottles, glasses and thelike; a support means for restraining the basket to the umbrella handle,means which may be incorporated within the basket or separatedtherefrom, and in either case provided with members for stopping it atdesired positions; the whole basket or portions thereof are formed ofrigid materials, so that it can be completely or partially rigid andhence also refoldable; the basket can be fitted by threading on, or byclosing about the handle, or may be supported by tionable at any height;as apparent, it will be very advanan alien member.

The object of the invention is to provide a multipurpose container,which is practical, very advantageous, and positageous especially onbeaches, as well as nursing establishments, resorts and the like.

Of course, since use requirements can be varied according to locationsof use, the general shape of the basket and the ararngement of itsinternal divisions and compartments can be modified for these particularrequirements.

In the following detailed description reference will be made to theappended drawing which schematically shows some embodiments for theinvention, however not by way of limitation. More precisely:

FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of a basket according to a firstembodiment;

FIGURE 2 shows a basket of a modified shape;

FIGURE 3 shows the basket of FIGURE I mounted by a screw grip fastening;

FIGURE 4 shows the basket of FIGURE 2 provided with another fasteningmeans and cover;

FIGURE 5 shows a basket having a different cover and a further differentfastening means;

FIGURE 6 shows a basket of a deformable umbrella sha F l GURE 7 shows abasket attachable by closing about its support;

FIGURE 8 is a detail of FIGURE 7 on an enlarged scale;

Patented Dec. 3, 1968 FIGURE 9 is a different embodiment of the supportmeans; and

FIGS. 10, 11 and 12 show a supporting sleeve of a modified type.

The appended drawings show some possible embodiments; in these examples,the shape, proportions, number of compartments, coupling or not of acover, or the type of means being used for support and fastening thereofare to be understood as not restrictive.

Referring to FIGURES 1 and 3, there is shown a small basket in the shapeof a frustum of a pyramid having a hexagonal plan; its inner cavity isdivided into vertical partitions 10, corresponding to the peripherycorners 10 and centrally converging against the sleeve 11 which is thecore of the small basket and within which the shaft or handle 12 of theumbrella is inserted. Sleeve 11 has a section 11 projecting past thebasket, preferably downwardly; but it is not excluded that it may alsoproject upwardly. A zone of this projecting section is threaded and hasvertical cut outs 13 allowing a reduction of the lower diameter whenbush 14 is screwed on the above thread, thus obtaining a first clampingmeans for the basket on the handle 12. The inner cavities resulting frompartitions .10 can be restricted in order to make use of a space to becovered with a rigid shelf 15 wherein circular seats 16 can be formedfor partially receiving, inserted bottles, glasses, cups and the like.

FIGURE 2 shows a round modified form of the basket, and FIGURE 4 showsthe basket provided with the cover 17 formed as a cap and arranged toslide on the handle 12; in this figure then, the tail piece 11 of thesleeve carries a cam clamping means (of known type) controllable by thelever 18. A different type of cover 19 is shown in FIG. 5: as a matterof fact, in addition to acting as a cover for the basket beneath, it mayconstitute a container for light articles, and with this end in view ithas an upwardly facing concavity 20. In this same FIG- URE 5, an exampleis given of a further fastening means, which is very simple andrepresented by a bolt 21 passing in appropriate holes through the tailpiece 11' and handle 12.

FIGURE 6 shows an inverted umbrella-shapedbasket, formed of nonrigidmaterial, the ribs 22 of which can be brought near the central sleeve 11like an ordinary umbrella when the basket is not being used.

FIGURE 7 illustrates a basket which is perhaps more practical even if ofa more complicated construction; said basket is directly attached byfolding it about the handle 12. Therefore, it is formed of two symmetricportions preferably opening as a hinge atone corner 24, whilst thesleeve 23, also divided into two semicylinders, is integral with its twohalves formed as two pairs 25 of partitions forming the two walls matingin the vertical division plane of the basket. In embodiments of thistype, a very simple clamping system, as seen in FIGURE 8, may be valid,in which vertical strips 26 of resilient and highly adherent materialare fixed inside the sleeve 23, which will thus accommodate differencesin diameter of the handle and simultaneously effect clamping of thebasket.

Finally, FIGURE 9 shows a basket 27 which is independent of the handle12 of the umbrella, but is connected thereto by a rod 28 which may berestrained to said handle in any manner, such as by a sleeve 29. Rod 28may also be made rotatable relative to the sleeve 29, if desired.

. A hooking element may be made for the basket with a modified stick, asshown in FIGURES 10, 11, 12. Said element consists of a vertically splitsleeve 30 of a considerably resilient plastic material, so that it canreadily adhere to handles 12 of different diameters, which sleeve isprovided with vertical peripheral ribs 31, tapered so that as a whole itassumes a frusto-conical shape: the inner cylindrical periphery of theelement has projecting points 32 in order that its adherence to Wood beincreased, which adherence is locked in place by the outer ring 33 of adiameter suitable to be effective both at the minimum and at the maximumopenings of the sleeve, and for supporting the basket which will rest onthe upper surface thereof, contributing with its weight to maintain aconstant pressure on the sleeve and thus a stability during use.

Other forms or variants concerning the formal line of the basket,blocking type or other details not modifying substantially the inventivefeatures, are intended to be within the protective scope of thisapplication.

We claim:

1. A basket for positioning on the shaft of a beach umbrella andsupporting small articles comprising a rigid container including acentral sleeve constructed and arranged for slidable engagement with theshaft of the beach umbrella, Wall portions symmetrically disposed aboutsaid central sleeve; partition members extending between said centralsleeve and said Wall portions in planes substantially parallel to theaxis of the said central sleeve, and arranged to conform to and supportthe small articles; and a supporting tubular means for selectivelypositioning said container along the shaft of the beach umbrella, saidsupporting tubular means constructed and arranged to slide along theshaft of the beach umbrella and including means for reducing thediameter of said tubular means to selectively fix said tubular meanswith respect to the shaft of said beach umbrella.

2. The basket of claim 1 wherein said supporting tubular means comprisesa vertically split sleeve of a resilient plastic material, said sleeveincluding outer vertical peripheral ribs, inwardly projecting pointsextending from the inside periphery of said split sleeve; and afastening ring constructed and arranged to fit over said outer verticalperipheral ribs and selectively reduce the inside diameter of said splitsleeve to fix said supporting tubular means with respect to the shaft ofthe beach umbrella.

3. The basket of claim 2 wherein said supporing tubular means has afrusto-conical shape and said fastening ring has an inside diametercorresponding approximately to the mean outside diameter of saidfrusto-conical tubular means.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,526,246 2/1925 Simek 150-281,799,079 3/1931 Bemis 211-133 X 1,779,952 10/1930 Siegel 248l32 X2,505,126 4/1950 Logan 211-84 2,682,904 7/1954 Divine 13547 X 2,716,9949/1955 Torricelli 13533 2,933,361 4/1960 Von Der Lancken 312252 X1,130,497 3/1915 Dunham 211--133X FOREIGN PATENTS 463,960 3/1950 Canada.232,681 8/1963 Austria.

CHANCELLOR E. HARRIS, Primary Examiner.

